Games workshop specialist games returning?

Nedb37 · 17 Nov 2015 at 08:27

Had it confirmed by GW in a tweet back to me that they have Necromunda on the 'to do' list..

No1newts · 18 Nov 2015 at 14:13

Redone Necromunda would be amazing

EdwardTeach · 18 Nov 2015 at 14:21

Really really good news. When did kirby leave? That is good news as well.

Still amazed and disappointed that they have destroyed fantasy. That will look really stupid when the totalwwarhammer game comes out, generating hype and interest in an old world setting that no longer exists.!

EdwardTeach · 18 Nov 2015 at 14:25

JHeaton said:
Oh of course there is appetite for them, I wasn't implying otherwise, but with the range of those type of games being more diverse now it might prove less effective than if they had done this four or five years ago.

Agreed. It is incredible how badly run GW has been. The fact that other companies are makinga ddecent living in areas that GW has vacated is evidence of their idiocy.

No1newts · 18 Nov 2015 at 14:57

EdwardTeach said:
Really really good news. When did kirby leave? That is good news as well.

Still amazed and disappointed that they have destroyed fantasy. That will look really stupid when the totalwwarhammer game comes out, generating hype and interest in an old world setting that no longer exists.!

So are they officially leaving fantasy a dead?

Werewolf · 18 Nov 2015 at 15:19

They say they are.

My bet is that in a couple of years they'll bring it back closer to what it was (and possibly leave AOS as a side game that can use the same models*).
Apparently one of the retailers sold something like 400 copies of the 30k set in it's first week, but I got the impression almost no one sold many of the AOS sets.

*In the same way that IIRC Gorkamorka and Necromunda were side games to 40k and could share models.

No1newts · 18 Nov 2015 at 22:18

I don't particularly follow Games Workshop much these days but when someone mentioned the world dying I read up on it and it was the most random **** I have ever read, really don't get the decision but there you go.

Shamikebab · 18 Nov 2015 at 23:15

The decision was because sales were dropping rapidly for Fantasy, I'm impressed they decided to shake it up and try something different.

EdwardTeach · 19 Nov 2015 at 00:17

Shamikebab said:
The decision was because sales were dropping rapidly for Fantasy, I'm impressed they decided to shake it up and try something different.

Shaking things up is fine, the problem is that for many people the draw was the old world setting, and they literally destroyed it.

No1newts · 19 Nov 2015 at 06:47

How is removing something trying something different? It is giving up, not trying.

Flibster · 19 Nov 2015 at 10:24

Epic?! Fantastic.

Bring it on. I loved the full size battles you could get with that.

Shamikebab · 19 Nov 2015 at 10:28

Well they didn't remove it exactly. They did a whole story about the world ending (I'd actually like to see them do this with 40k, would great to have the story advance rather than being stuck in the same state) and then advanced the setting many ages later. Apparently they're going to continue advancing the story rather than having it set in the same 'nothing changes' state that 40k is in.

I don't agree with the rules they created but I quite like the thematic ideas they're pursuing. There's nothing to stop you continuing to play 8th edition if that's what you like.

JayyCee · 19 Nov 2015 at 11:32

I would love to see Bloodbowl make a comeback. Hopefully they dont mess with the systems before they release them

tbh · 30 Nov 2015 at 20:24

JayyCee said:
I would love to see Bloodbowl make a comeback.

Same!

Fantasy Flight publish some of the old GW games such as Talisman, Dungeonquest and Fury of Dracula and have done a really good job of updating the components whilst retaining the feel of the originals.

I'd love to see new versions of Bloodbowl, Man o' War, HeroQuest, Space Crusade et al; I never really understood why they stopped publishing them in the first place, although I always suspected that GW's immense corporate greed made them resent the idea that customers could buy a relatively inexpensive board game and enjoy it without having to spend a fortune on codexs and miniatures...

JeditOjanen · 1 Dec 2015 at 13:01

That's exactly why. Games Workshop don't make their money from dedicated fans any more, they make it from churning new product to kids who grow out of the hobby and are replaced with the next bunch of kids.

Nodiggidy123 · 1 Dec 2015 at 14:32

i read somewhere that the new CEO thinks boxed sets are the way forward so that is probably the reason.

djtoltec · 2 Dec 2015 at 11:09

I got the new Horus Heresy game on release date and I must admit I'm extremely impressed by the amount of stuff you get and the quality of the plastics nowadays. Going to take a bloody age before I'm happy to let them be seen on the tabletop!

Warbie · 26 Feb 2016 at 12:26

I'm super late to the party with this news and am pretty hyped. There isn't a single thing GW currently support that tempts me, but revisiting Necromunda, Bloodbowl, Mordheim etc would have me back in their stores and buying stuff!

Brenn · 26 Feb 2016 at 15:47

Deathwatch Overkill is out very soon.

http://www.spikeybits.com/2016/02/new-space-marine-deathwatch-pictures-revealed.html

Warbie · 26 Feb 2016 at 18:33

Brenn said:
Deathwatch Overkill is out very soon.

http://www.spikeybits.com/2016/02/new-space-marine-deathwatch-pictures-revealed.html

Nice. I never played Deathwatch. Just smaller scale 40k?